New entrants on Hurun India Rich List 2020 — Over 70% of the new faces are self-made billionaires

Net worth: ₹7,900 crore

Company: Runwal Developers

Subash Runwal is an Indian real estate magnate, founder, and chairman of the Runwal Group. The property tycoon is known for building middle-class homes in Mumbai’s central suburbs.

He worked as an accountant for nearly a decade before foraying into the real estate market in 1978. Now, his business also owns several malls with Singapore’s GIC as one of the investors, according to Runwal.

Net worth: ₹6,800 crore

Company: Indo-MIM

Krishna Chivukula setup Indo-MIM in 1998, and now it has grown to become one of the leading suppliers of parts produced using metal injection molding (MIM) in the world.

Chivukula has master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

“I come from a middle-class professional family, brought up in small villages in Andhra Pradesh,” he wrote on his alumni page.

Net worth: ₹6,700 crore

Company: Quest Global

Ajit Prabhu is the chairman and CEO of Quest Global, an engineering company that he co-founded with Aravind Melligeri in 1997.

Before founding the company, Prabhu’s career initially began at General Electric in the Corporate Research and Development Center as a contract engineer.

He holds a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from the Karnataka University, a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University, and another Master’s in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic.

Net worth: ₹6,700 crore

Company: Quest Global

Aravind Melligeri and Quest Global co-founder Ajit Prabhu have the same net worth. Melligeri is also the chairman and CEO of Aequs Aerospace. Aequs specialises in manufacturing aerospace components.

Net worth: ₹5,200 crore

Company: OakNorth

The sixth richest new entrant on the Hurun Rich List, Rishi Khosla, is the co-founder of OakNorth Holdings, a fintech company specialising in mid-sized loans for entrepreneurs.

Khosla began his career at ABN Amro and even worked with the offices of Lakshmi Mittal to manage ArcelorMittal’s venture capital and private equity investments.

Before OakNorth, Khosla co-founded Copal Amba with his London School of Economics (LSE) classmate Joel Perlman. Perlman and Khosla maintained their partnership when they co-founded OakNorth Holdings.

Net worth: ₹5,200 crore

Company: iGate

Sunil Wadhwani co-founded Mastech Inc and iGate with Ashok Trivedi. An Indian Institute of Technology - Madras (IIT-M) alumni. Wadhwani now lives in the US.

Before his partnership with Trivedi, Wadhwani founded UroTech Systems Corp back in 1981.

Under Wadhwani’s leadership, iGate recorded a $1.2 billion in revenue before being acquired by Capgemini in 2015 for a whopping $4 billion — one of the largest deals in the Indian IT sector.

Mastech Inc is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Wadhwani continues to serve on the board of directors and serves as the managing partner of SWAT Capital.

Net worth: ₹5,100 crore

Company: iGate

Ashok Trivedi was born in Delhi and is a Delhi University (DU) graduate. Like his partner, Sunil Wadhwani, Trivedi currently serves as a managing partner at SWAT Capital.

He is also the founder and trustee of Ashoka University — a private research university with a focus on liberal arts.

Net worth: ₹5,000 crore

Company: Alkyl Amines Chemicals

Yogesh Mathradas Kothari is the founder of Alkyl Amines Chemicals and serves as the chairman and managing director of Alkyl Speciality Chemicals.

He’s also the director for a host of other companies, including Anjyko Investments, YMK Trading and Consultancy, Diamines Speciality Chemicals, and Reliance Sibur Elastomer, among others.

Kothari is also a member of the Indian Merchants’ Chamber management committee.

Net worth: ₹3,700 crore

Company: Happiest Minds

Happiest Minds CEO Ashok Soota made his debut on the Hurun Rich List, driven by the stellar performance of his company’s ₹702 crore IPO.

Even though he’s 282nd in the overall list, Soota is among the top 10 richest new entrants.

Before this, Soota was the founding chairman and managing director of MindTree. He also has 14 years of experience of working at Wipro and Shriram Refrigeration Industries.